Are you able to read BRF files with speech now?
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From: Matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic483@xxxxxxxxx
To: ashields2@xxxxxxxxxxxx, braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:37:36 -0500
Subject: [BNU] Re: upgrading from the Apex
Hi,
You can use keybrf to read brf files from bookshare. HTH.
Matthew
On 11/14/2017 03:04 PM, andy shields wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to all of you who responded quickly and specifically. I
hadn't
forgotten you, it just takes me a while to get back to things in
the
midst of other concerns from work and home.
I'm going to answer a couple of folks directly, but in general,
let's
just say that detailed research and comparison has me even more
dismayed. (Then again, maybe I just need an Attitude
Adjustment.)
This is mainly because, aside from everything work-related, more
than
half of my time and use with the Apex has to do with downloading
and
reading books; almost always in the BRF format, unless I want it
so
much that audio or DAISY text are the only choices. I've
compared the
Touch with the HIMS Braille Sense Polaris, and both obviously
have
lots of handy DAISY-ORIENTED features, but-unless I'm missing
something-there doesn't seem to be a product any more that will
let
you do a straightforward download-and-read of the BRF format,
using
the device itself. (A figurative wave good-bye to the Apex and
the
Braille Sense U2.) It seems that another part of the transition
away
from "stand-alone notetakers" is this increasing focus on
devices as
players, with fewer Braille formats supported and less
"stand-alone"
reading in the configuration I'm used to. Yes, I've heard that
upgraded apps are on the way-I'm checking the Touch "release
notes"
ongoingly-and it can't happen too soon if some of that
flexibility can
be restored. Also, this is for Rick: I never thought about
"automatic
scrolling" much until one of my thumb keys started getting a
little
temperamental, but as you said, think about the amount of use
they get
in just a few long books. It's a wonder they don't show this
kind of
wear sooner and more often. So I've been converted, most of the
time,
to the automatic-reading mode, and now I wonder what I waited
for.
And yes indeed, why did they take it away?
So, research continues. If the option does exist for a work
upgrade,
I objectively agree that the Touch seems to be the most
versatile. I
also think that for the reasons mentioned above, I'll be using
the
Apex for reading, and for downloading as long as possible (not
much
longer, I'd say, but then, we were supposed to lose Bookshare on
June
30. I appreciate it every time I can still access it.)
Andy
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